- Two researchers and engineers receive recognition with the German environmental award
This year, a cutting-edge electric vehicle charging system and its application in moor restoration will receive the German Environmental Prize. Organized by the German Federal Environmental Foundation (DBU) in Osnabrück, the award has a prize fund of 500,000 euros. The recipients are electrical engineer Thomas Speidel from Stuttgart's Nurring, who leads ads-tec Energy, and Franziska Tanneberger, a moor researcher from Greifswald, recognized for her work in moor revival and rewetting. The award ceremony will take place on October 27 in Mainz, led by Federal President Frank-Walter Steinmeier.
Speidel, with ads-tec Energy, is behind the development of lightning-fast charging systems that can rejuvenate electric vehicles in a matter of minutes. Tanneberger, on the other hand, has spearheaded efforts in rejuvenating and rehydrating moors, which are essential for climate change mitigation as they capture and store carbon dioxide from the atmosphere.
The German Environmental Prize is handed out annually by the DBU to recognize outstanding contributions towards environmental conservation.
The focus of the German Environmental Prize is to highlight and reward significant achievements in the field of environmental conservation. Speidel and Tanneberger have specifically focused on developing charging systems for electric vehicles and rejuvenating moors, respectively.
